Against a background of dire problems in the public finances, the overly generous Local Government Pension Scheme is placing an unsustainable burden on taxpayers and on council budgets. The report warns of the severe costs which will be incurred if the Scheme continues unreformed. Read more...
In 2009 the Government asked local authorities to comment on its proposals for increased transparency in executive pay. This research note surmises their responses, and considers what impact resistance has had on the final plans. Read more...
Are the Government’s efforts to increase “awareness” of climate change a legitimate use of public funds? This research note examines some of the projects paid for by DEFRA’s £8.5 million ‘Climate Challenge Fund’. Read more...
The rising cost of fuel is imposing a substantial burden on many families. New research finds that UK drivers are paying almost £18 billion a year in excessive motoring taxes. Read more...
The TaxPayers' Alliance will hold any government to account and represent taxpayers' interests. We will keep fighting for lower taxes and better value in public services. Read more...
The report investigates the political activity, remuneration and careers of a large sample of quango board members in 2007-8. Read more...
The report exposes the hypocrisy of the Environment Agency in calling for ordinary people to avoid short haul flights while it regularly flies within the UK or to destinations that can be reached by Eurostar. Read more...
The recent TaxPayers’ Alliance report Ending the Green Rip-Off: Reforming climate change policy to reduce the burden on families showed that existing climate change policy is imposing an excessive and inefficient burden on families and businesses. The report cited Citigroup analysis which suggests climate change policy is already heading for... Read more...
The report sets out how Brown's sale of gold reserves at the bottom of the market, moving the money to interest-earning foreign currency assets, has cost taxpayers £5 billion. Read more...
Green taxes and regulations are excessive and ineffective. The cost of energy could be dramatically lower with more realistic climate change policy. Read more...
Gordon Brown's offer to cut Britain's carbon dioxide emissions by 42 per cent by 2020 could mean needing to cut the size of the economy 30 per cent from its expected level that year. Read more...
The report provides a guide to the different policies that the parties have proposed, and analysts think they might put forward, to address the fiscal crisis. Read more...
The latest edition of the Public Sector Rich List presents the 805 public sector staff who now earn more than £150,000. Read more...
The report sets out how councils raise £328 million a year through parking fines. Read more...
Including information on every local authority £328 million received in parking fines in the last year Kensington and Chelsea dish out most parking fines of any UK council, with an average of £85 per person For the first time ever, a full national breakdown of parking fines received has been... Read more...
Includes projects and spending figures across Britain The total net overrun on 240 key Government projects was more than £19 billion, this is equivalent to over £750 per household in Britain. The average cost overrun of the sampled projects, including those that came in under budget, was more than... Read more...
The failure of the Copenhagen Summit had been foreseen by the organisers but still went ahead at a cost of £130 million. Read more...
The report sets out how big government projects go over budget by 38 per cent on average. Read more...
The report sets out how 14p in every pound spent on aid through DfID is lost to non-frontline costs. Read more...
The report sets out a comprehensive guide to the semi-autonomous public bodies that now deliver huge areas of government policy, often outside democratic control. Read more...
The report sets out how the scheme has cost consumers across Europe €93 billion but been ineffective in controlling emissions. Read more...
The Prevent Strategy is part of the Government’s response to the threat of terrorism from Islamist extremists. Aimed at stopping people from becoming terrorists, the Government has given Local Authorities money to fund projects administered by community groups, as well as giving out grants themselves directly. However, there have been ongoing concerns about the... Read more...
The fifth part of the CSU series sets out, for the first time, the detail of who has received Preventing Violent Extremism Grants, and how much they've received in 2007-08. Read more...
The research note shows that ten times as much is spent on railways as the roads for every passenger kilometre they carry. Read more...